Ten years… Ten whole years! I am so proud to say that this month I am celebrating How Wee Learn’s 10th anniversary! 🎉🎉🎉
Ten years of blogging; of sharing our homeschooling journey and life with you.
Ten years ago, my children were 10, 3, and 1… now they are 20, 13, and 10, plus little Norah!
Ten years ago, I wrote my very first blog post, and now you will find 1140 posts to dive into (should you be so inclined).
Whether you have been with me for the long haul or you are brand new, I am so happy to have you here with me. ❤️
I decided I wanted to do something to celebrate… so… Let’s Celebrate!
Introducing Ten Days of Freebies 🎉
Starting today, I am going to share with you my top ten freebies, one at a time, to celebrate my ten years of blogging. Each freebie will be related to one of the various resources I offer in my shop, so I will also be offering my ten most popular resources on sale for the next ten days!
Here is how it will work:
Each day, there will be a new post on the blog. Check it out to find your freebie of the day!
You will also see a resource that is on sale—which will be ideal for those of you who want to quit piecing everything together yourself and are ready for the simplicity of having your activities all lined up and at your fingertips ready to go!
Now, without further ado, Day ONE!
Day One: Animal Puppets
Today’s freebie is… Adorable Animal Puppets!
There are so many fun ways your little one can play with these farm animal stick puppets! You could try:
Stick Puppet Theater
Decorate the inside of a cardboard box to make a cute farm scene, then attach your animal puppets to popsicle sticks, cut some slits along the top of the box, and put on a puppet show! You can see the step-by-step instructions for how we did that right here: https://www.howweelearn.com/farm-animal-stick-puppets-printable/
Shadow Puppets
Tape a flashlight to a table in a dim room pointing towards a wall. Have your child hold the puppets up in front of the wall, creating shadows! Quite naturally, she will begin playing with the cool concepts of light and shadows.
Small World Play
Cut out some egg carton cups and add a slit to the bottom of each one using a knife. Turn these cups upside down so your toddler can press the popsicle stick through the slit and have their little animals stand all on their own. You can add a few squares on your kitchen floor using painter’s tape to be houses or pens for the various animals and watch as your toddler’s imagination takes over and he enters a magical world all his own!
Picture Book Puppet Match
Have your toddler hold these puppets as you explore some of your favourite picture books together. Hunt through those books, looking for animals that match your puppets. If you spy a cat on one of the pages of your book, have your toddler find the cat puppet and hold it up, or even use it as a bookmark to keep track of which animals you have found.
Puppet Silhouette Puzzle
Trace the puppet shapes on a piece of paper and have your little one try to match each animal with its outline.
Simple Puppet Puzzle
You could also snip the animals into two (or three, or four!) pieces, then mix a few of them together and have your little one sort out the animal pieces and put them back together.
Grab your Free Printable Animal Puppets right here:
- You have children 18 months to 3 years old.
- You would like to do regular, simple, and meaningful activities with your little one.
- You want your child to develop appropriate skills through play.
- No prior skills are needed!
Grab the complete Playful Days resource right here: https://shop.howweelearn.com/pages/playful-days
I can’t wait to share the next freebie with you tomorrow! Thank you so much for being here, my friend.
xo
Sarah
Leave a Reply